Abstract
A 1960's suggestion by R. P. Feynman, concerning the possibility of carrying out a finite renormalization procedure in quantum electrodynamics, is here implemented using a newly discovered formula for the fine structure constant.
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Gilson, J.G. Finite renormalization. Speculations in Science and Technology 21, 133–141 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005446804139
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